Eleanor "Nora" Mattern is a teaching assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh's School of Computing and Information. Her teaching and research interests include archives and digital curation, community-centered information work, civic engagement, and information policy and ethics.
Nora previously worked as librarian and researcher at the University of Chicago Library, where she focused on designing and delivering scholarly communications services and supporting digital preservation activities. Before that, she held a joint appointment at the University of Pittsburgh as a visiting faculty member in the University Library System and the School of Computing and Information and a Postdoctoral Researcher in Digital Scholarship Services at the University Library System. She earned her PhD in Library and Information Science from the University of Pittsburgh in 2014.
- International Digital Curation Conference 2017, Runner-Up Best Paper Award (2017)
- Lee Dirks Best Paper Award from Microsoft Research at iConference 2014
- iConference Doctoral Colloquium accepted participant, Fort Worth, TX (2013)
- Margaret Mary Corbett Memorial Award for Best LIS Dissertation Proposal, University of Pittsburgh, PA (2012-2013)
- American Records Management Association (ARMA) Educational Foundation’s Mavis Eppes, Excellence in Records Management Scholarship (2011)
- Archival Education and Research Institute Travel Scholarship (2010-2014)
- George B. Lemmon Prize for Outstanding Work by Eckardt Honors Scholar, Lehigh University (2007)
- Aurie N. Dunlap Prize in International Relations for Academically Outstanding Graduating Senior, Lehigh University (2007)
